In 1912 their first daughter, Connie, was born in Roebourne (in Roe's Cottage).[2]

In 1915 Aubrey took a job as lighthouse keeper at Jarmen Island,
the whole family moving there in part to get away from the extreme heat of Croydon.[3]
Here they shared the accommodation with Mr Langer,
a German national who in 1916 was taken from his post and interned.[3]
After his departure, Henry Ernest Hall joined Aubrey on Jarmen Island.